we will see, I added the start /ect/rc.d/rc.inet4 to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file so it should work but I will see on Monday when I get back to the office and reboot were I can lay the hands on the keyboard i needed

I seem to be a recurring poster on this problem. My problem is all related to DHCP not booting up on start. My ifplug status is OK. I select to boot DHCP automatically on start and I have to reboot and redo a couple of times to get it to do so. Then after shutting down those settings are lost and I have to go through the whole process over again to get DHCP booted. I am running SOHO 5.8.

#!/bin/sh# This file is supposed to be created by vnetadd# and modified by vnetset.# You can modify it by hand, but be careful ;-)## GNU GPL (c) Eko M. Budi, 2004# (c) Vector Linux, 2004#

############################################################# The settingsDEVICE='eth0'DHCP='no'IPADDR='192.168.0.1'NETMASK='255.255.255.0'GATEWAY='192.168.0.255'PROBE='no'

############################################################# The script

## You may make customized script here## If not, source the standard network. /etc/rc.d/functions-network "$@"

domek://home/domroot:# cat /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2#!/bin/sh# This file is supposed to be created by vinetadd# and modified by vinetset.# You can modify it but be careful## GNU GPL (c) Eko M. Budi, 2004# (c) Vector Linux, 2004#

############################################################# The settingsDEVICE=eth1DHCP=yesIPADDR=NETMASK=GATEWAY=PROBE=no

############################################################# The script

I am not exactly a newbie but this issue is giving me fits. I have never had a problem with consistently starting dhcp on boot with any other distro. I appreciate the responses I have recieved so far but the information has not helped. Maybe it is my comprehension that is lacking.

I am not a gateway for others to use the internet. Just a single user that has to constantly restart my system to launch dhcp. lagagnon suggested that etc/resolve.conf is not correct and made some suggestions with some substitutions in the file to represent what I should have. I tried to understand completely what he meant but get lost with some of the interpretations. I uncommented udev.device.rules to represent the device with my MAC address. I still have not yet solved the problem. Why should it be so difficult for VL to remember a setting to start DHCP on boot?